Practicality Of Developing An Essay Writing Training Module In Omproving Students’ Literacy Abilities At The High School Level

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to determine the practicality of developing an essay writing training module in improving the literacy skills of high school students. The research design used in this study is the ADDIE development research model. This development research was conducted from 15^th to 30^th December 2023 at UPT SMAN 1 Bone. The subjects of this research are the supervising teachers and students who are members of the KIR UPT SMAN 1 Bone. The objects of this research include: (1) the essay writing ability of students, (2) the response of supervising teachers of KIR UPT SMAN 1 Bone to the developed training module, and (3) the response of students who are members of KIR UPT SMAN 1 Bone to the developed training module. The instruments used to collect information in data collection for this development research are observation sheets and questionnaires. The results of the research show that 83% of the respondents rated the module as very practical to use, and 17% of the respondents rated the module as practical to use in improving the literacy writing skills of students.